Scratch
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wow so you'll love this story especially anyone thinking of buying an EVGA 680i MB...
On February 13th 2007 I decided to build my new Intel system. I have a friend who also needed a new pc and as I've built more than a few, she asked if I could build her the exact same one I was building except she wanted the Antec P180 case.
I ordered all the components from DirectCanada.com and I have to say they really do have the fastest shipping anywhere as well as the best prices.
I built both systems after testing the PSU's and turned mine on...worked like a dream...then I tried to boot up my friends.
The board was DOA double dash led post. I removed all the components individually and tested them in my working system and discovered a bad stick of ram, however the system still wouldn't boot with a single stick regardless of anything I tried so i rma'd the board and memory.
I received the new board and memory and installed the board...DOA...WTF I'm getting a little upset. I phone DC and EVGA, explain the situation and I'm just unlucky enough to get 2 DOA MB's so I rma.
I get the 3rd board and am like not going to even install I set bare minimum in the board outside the case and attempt to boot OMFG WTF DOA again. I don't even bother with DC I immediately phone EVGA and the tech is like OMG man I'm sooo sorry. I tell him everything I have done up to that point and he assures me they will pretest a board and send it when I rma. So...I rma the board directly to EVGA.
I receive the board on March 13th (anyone keeping track of the time here? lol) I decide that since it has been so long I am going to give my friend my stable Vista OS system installed in her P180 and sneak it over there while she's at work...she is now extremely happy.
I do a bootup outside the case and the MB works. I install XP and am running the system for less than a week until I come home Saturday night after work and the MB is DEAD.
Words fail me at this point as I am so mad I could seriously do someone physical harm. I didn't even have the thing OC'd thats why I haven't been running FaH lol
I send the nastiest email off to EVGA and get a response in 2 hours (a record me thinks) with rma approval and am set Monday morning. I mail the board off without insurance snailmail as I no longer care. It has cost me $300.00 for the original MB and another $100.00 in shipping/insurance costs
I placed my order with DC for the Asus P5W DH and it should be here tomorrow. EVGA may have the best warranty in the business but I can no longer test their products. I will continue to buy their graphics cards but I would not recommend anyone purchasing the 680i.
For those not counting we are talking over two months in time, 1 > 5 MB's that worked, and a cost of $400.00+ CND
I am not an idiot...there is nothing that anyone could recommend that hadn't been tried, the 4 MB's were all crap, I think I've been pwned lol
anywho dancing
s for everyone :funky: :funky: :funky:
keep on folding
On February 13th 2007 I decided to build my new Intel system. I have a friend who also needed a new pc and as I've built more than a few, she asked if I could build her the exact same one I was building except she wanted the Antec P180 case.
I ordered all the components from DirectCanada.com and I have to say they really do have the fastest shipping anywhere as well as the best prices.
I built both systems after testing the PSU's and turned mine on...worked like a dream...then I tried to boot up my friends.
The board was DOA double dash led post. I removed all the components individually and tested them in my working system and discovered a bad stick of ram, however the system still wouldn't boot with a single stick regardless of anything I tried so i rma'd the board and memory.
I received the new board and memory and installed the board...DOA...WTF I'm getting a little upset. I phone DC and EVGA, explain the situation and I'm just unlucky enough to get 2 DOA MB's so I rma.
I get the 3rd board and am like not going to even install I set bare minimum in the board outside the case and attempt to boot OMFG WTF DOA again. I don't even bother with DC I immediately phone EVGA and the tech is like OMG man I'm sooo sorry. I tell him everything I have done up to that point and he assures me they will pretest a board and send it when I rma. So...I rma the board directly to EVGA.
I receive the board on March 13th (anyone keeping track of the time here? lol) I decide that since it has been so long I am going to give my friend my stable Vista OS system installed in her P180 and sneak it over there while she's at work...she is now extremely happy.
I do a bootup outside the case and the MB works. I install XP and am running the system for less than a week until I come home Saturday night after work and the MB is DEAD.
Words fail me at this point as I am so mad I could seriously do someone physical harm. I didn't even have the thing OC'd thats why I haven't been running FaH lol
I send the nastiest email off to EVGA and get a response in 2 hours (a record me thinks) with rma approval and am set Monday morning. I mail the board off without insurance snailmail as I no longer care. It has cost me $300.00 for the original MB and another $100.00 in shipping/insurance costs
I placed my order with DC for the Asus P5W DH and it should be here tomorrow. EVGA may have the best warranty in the business but I can no longer test their products. I will continue to buy their graphics cards but I would not recommend anyone purchasing the 680i.
For those not counting we are talking over two months in time, 1 > 5 MB's that worked, and a cost of $400.00+ CND
I am not an idiot...there is nothing that anyone could recommend that hadn't been tried, the 4 MB's were all crap, I think I've been pwned lol
anywho dancing
s for everyone :funky: :funky: :funky:keep on folding
